Senior Technology Architect | Cloud Platform | Azure Development & Solution Architecting

Job Title:

Senior Senior Azure Architect

Work Location:

Detroit MI 48226

Vendor Rate: ***

Contract duration: 12

Target

Start Date:

17 Aug 2026

Visa:
No (open for VD)

hybrid work set-up in Detroit, MI

• azure
• landing zone
• Terraform

Cloud Function:
Architecture

The Cloud Architect role leads the establishment of cloud architectural best practices and standards as repeatable, efficient cloud assets/products. The role designs cloud architectures and ensures enterprise-level architecture and security standards are followed and enabled through reusable cloud products. This is a hands-on role crafting cloud usage patterns for the entire organization with a strong focus on resilient, secure, scalable infrastructure and migrating workloads to the cloud.

• Direct and design cloud architecture and cloud security architecture practices within cloud technology, closely working with CBO, Enterprise Architecture, and Security to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards.
• Develop and implement cloud strategies.
• Define and document cloud infrastructure standards.
• Communicate cloud strategies, standards, products, and decisions to stakeholders.
• Define, design, and implement architecture of cloud platform products.
• Establish reference architectures for cloud development as Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Design and architect secure and scalable cloud environments, ensuring common patterns are established with necessary security policies in easy-to-implement and maintainable Landing Zones and Application Patterns.
• Guide engineering efforts to migrate applications and data to the cloud.
• Manage and optimize cloud resources.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
• Develop and implement cloud governance policies and procedures, ensuring cohesive and standardized cloud technology involvement in enterprise governance (e.g., ARB) processes.

• Comprehension of core concepts of CSP (Azure).
• Working knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and Open Policy Agent.
• Basic OS scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, Power Shell) for automation.
• Foundational knowledge of shared services (e.g., Identity, Firewalls, Certificates, Secrets).
• Introductory understanding of microservices, containerization, and serverless concepts.
• Setup proficiency with monitoring tools for resource tracking and understanding of database types.
• On-premises to cloud application migration experience.
• Data migration experience, data security, and data redundancy for cloud applications.

• Proficient in employing services like computing, storage, and networking.
• Expertise in Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and Open Policy Agent to create complex infrastructure deployments.
• Skilled in crafting VNets, subnets, firewalls, and implementing essential security measures.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing serverless solutions.
• Expertise in configuring and managing monitoring and logging solutions.
• Proficient in selecting and configuring cloud database services (e.g., Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, etc.).

• Crafting reusable and modular IaC templates for complex architectures, automated CI/CD pipelines, and championing Dev Ops practices.
• Advanced network design, including global networking, hybrid connectivity, load balancing, and DNS management.
• Developing and enforcing comprehensive security policies and regular security audits.
• Advanced analytics, anomaly detection, and monitoring data for proactive optimization.
• Designing complex, scalable, and high-performance database architectures.

10 years

Yes

• azure
• landing zone
• terraform

No

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